Quilt Artist of the Week: Alice Beasley

by Kim on August 4, 2006

in Quilting

Alice Beasley - Wynton
Wynton, 36″ x 45″, copyright Alice Beasley

Alice Beasley makes portraits and still lives exclusively from commercial fabrics. Many high-caliber quilt artists like her dye/paint their own fabric to get the precise colors they are after, but by using bolder prints, Ms. Beasley achieves works with extraordinary movement and texture.

P.S. Sorry I’ve been less-than-weekly with my quilt artists of the week! If you know of any quilt artists you’d like to see featured here, please leave a comment!

Alice Beasley - Behind the Barricade
Behind the Barricade, 62 1/4″ x 61 1/4″, copyright Alice Beasley

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1 Laural August 4, 2006 at 9:07 pm

No need to apologize, but I sure do enjoy seeing these when you post them! So interesting to see what kinds of things people can do with quilting.

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2 patsijean August 4, 2006 at 9:42 pm

I am completely bowled over. What an amazing artist. These quilts are beautiful and powerful; what a talent.

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3 Weeks August 5, 2006 at 3:58 am

I’d love to see some new work by Jane Sassaman, Tim Harding and Jan Myers-Newberry. Let me know if you need more…

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4 edgegallery August 5, 2006 at 6:23 am

Thank you for the article on Alice Beasley! I had never heard of her and took a deeper look at her quilts on her website. Quite fascinating and I was moved by the quilts depicting social and political movements.

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5 j.g. August 5, 2006 at 8:18 pm

I love her work, and I love seeing the different quilt related posts you make! I love quilting though I am not very good at it and could never come close to the art these women make. I’d like to point you in the direction of another quilter i think you might like: michelleverbeeck.com

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6 Lynn in Tucson August 7, 2006 at 11:49 pm

You may want to check out the “Left Turn Lane” series by Arizona textile artist Thelma Smith (scroll down on her blog and you’ll find a link to more images).

http://www.thelmasmith.com

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7 Bates August 8, 2006 at 4:44 am

How about Leslie J. Riley? She makes beautiful quilts from her own hand-dyed fabrics.

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8 kb August 10, 2006 at 3:02 am

If you like Beasley’s work check out Christa Maiwald. She is a contemporary multimedia artist who recently did a quilted collection.

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